October 10 – Aleksander Ceferin will stand for a third term as UEFA president when it holds its annual congress in Portugal next year.
UEFA confirmed the news when meeting member associations on Saturday in Frankfurt on fringes of the Euro 2024 draw.
“UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin took the opportunity to personally thank all 55 associations for their letters of support for the next elections received in recent weeks, confirming officially that he will run for another mandate at the upcoming UEFA Congress in Portugal in 2023,” UEFA said in a statement.
Ceferin was elected UEFA’s seventh president in 2016 to replace Michel Platini, who was banned the year before for ethics violations. Ceferin was then re-elected unopposed for a four-year term in 2019.
The 54-year-old Slovenian lawyer faced his biggest challenge in April 2021 when 12 of Europe’s top clubs attempted to form a European Super League.
The competition was a direct threat to the Champions League, and Ceferin called on fans, soccer federations and governments to oppose the “disgraceful, self-serving proposal” which almost immediately fell apart.
He also led UEFA’s charge in opposing FIFA’s plans to hold a World Cup every two years instead of every four.
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